Telemann: Concerti per molti stromenti
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, one of the leading period ensembles, takes up the music of Georg Philipp Telemann in this gripping collection of concertos. The music of the late-Baroque prodigy finds a great pairing with the Akademie, who handle his expressive ornamentation and sublime moments of imitation beautifully.
The works on this 2017 Harmonia Mundi album from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin feature various combinations of trumpets, flutes, oboes, horns, timpani, and the standard deployment of strings and basso continuo, but also the mandolin, the hammered dulcimer, the harp, and the extremely rare calchedon (also called mandora, galizona, or gallichon), the long-necked lute depicted on the cover that was typically used as a bass instrument.